Tag and tag-holding device



June 24; 1930. I c. w SMITH 1,768,379

TAG AND TAG HOLDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 11. 1929 I flea/ye 19/27/37?Patented June 24, 1930 GEORGE W. SMITH, OF NEOSHO FALLS, KANSAS TAG ANDTAG-HOLDING DEVICE Application filed December 11, 1929. Serial No.413,337.

- This invention relates to tag and holding apparatus.

' The object of this invention is to provide a tag and tag-holder foruse in groceries and other stores, and for similar purposes, havingimproved means to apply and retain it in position.

Other objects of this invention are to dis p ense with the necessity ofmarking more than one article of a kind and the confu sion arising fromassociating the price mark with the wrong article, or to the shelf towhich the price mark applies, and the intentional or accidentalmisapplication of price marks on the part of patrons or clerks.

A still further object of this invention is that the device whichcarries the tag or marking card also carries the container, i. e., thecan, bottle, or carton, clamps them together and its adjustable to meetthe re quirements of containers in use.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent as the descriptionthereof given hereunder proceeds, reference being now had to theaccompanying drawing wherein.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the tag and holding device, and

Figure 2 is a sectional View thereof taken on line 2-2, Figure 1.

The tag and holding device 10 is preferably make of a. light gauge sheetmetal or any other suitable material, and comprises a vertical portion11 and horizontal portion 12, the horizontal portion 12 being of a muchgreater length than the height of the vertical portion 11, as shown inFigure 1. The horizontal portion 12 is adapted to be placed on a shelf,not shown, and is preferably made of such a length as to substantiallyequal the width of marked article, whereby the vertical portion 11 willbe in alignment with the edge of said shelf.

Attached to the outer surface ofthe vertical portion 11 is a U-shapedangle member 13, of sheet metal, the bight portion 14 of which isparallel to the bottom edge 15 of the tag and holding device 10 andspaced a short distance therefrom. The vertical arms 16 of the anglemember 13 are Similarly spaced from the vertical edges of the verticalportion 14. The arms of the angle member 13 will serve as a guide andretaining means for a price tag 17 (with any desirable data thereon) tobe inserted therein as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1. Slidablymounted on the horizontal portion 12 is a clamping member 18, comprisinga vertical leg 19 and a horizontal leg 20, which has formed on thelongitudinal edges thereof bent over ends defining grooves 21 which areadapted to slide over the longitudinal edges 22 of the horizontalportion 12.. The vertical leg 19 is made preferably ofa width slightlyless than the width of the tag and holding device proper.

A single container such as a can, a bottle or a box, is placed on thehorizontal portion 12 between the clamping member 18 and the verticalportion 11. In View of the fact that this single container may naturallybe of Various sizes, the clamping member 18- likewise may be readilyadjusted upon the horizontal portion 12, thereby accommodating the exactsize of the particular container so placed upon the horizontal portion12.

While a preferred embodiment of the device has been shown, the same issusceptible of numerous modifications within the scope of the appendedclaims. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is j l. A tag and holding device comprisingashort vertical portion and along horizontal portion integral therewith,a U-shaped angle member rigidly attached to the front surface of saidvertical portion and defining guide means with said surface for theinsertion of a tag, and a clamping member slidably mounted onthe'horizontal portion of said device to hold an article between saidclamping member and said vertical 7 face of said verticalv portion anddefining guide means with said surface for the insertion of a tag, aclamping member slidably mounted on the horizontal portion of saiddevice said clamping member comprising a horizontal leg and a Verticalleg, said hori- "zonta1 leg having longitudinal bent over portionsdefining grooves which are adapted to slide over the longitudinal edgesof said horizontal portion. a

In testimony whereof I affix my signa- 10 tLlIG.

GEORGE W. SMITH.

